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Modern period, c 1500 onwards, Prose: non-fiction, European history, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Mar 12, 2019 | 9780349142395 | RRP $27.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 7, 2017 | 9781405538978 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 7, 2017 | 9781408708682 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown
- Paperback Mar 12, 2019 | 9780349142395 | RRP $27.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 7, 2017 | 9781405538978 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 7, 2017 | 9781408708682 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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An epic page-turner filled with tales of courage, desperation, endurance and intrigue, brought to life by eyewitness accounts and expert research.
For over three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and at sea, by the overwhelming forces of Spain and France. It became the longest siege in British history, and the obsession with saving Gibraltar was blamed for the loss of the American colonies in the War of Independence.
Located between the Mediterranean and Atlantic, on the very edge of Europe, Gibraltar was a place of varied nationalities, languages, religions and social classes. During the siege, thousands of soldiers, civilians and their families withstood terrifying bombardments, starvation and diseases. Very ordinary people lived through extraordinary events, from shipwrecks and naval battles to an attempted invasion of England and a daring sortie out of Gibraltar into Spain. Deadly innovations included red-hot shot, shrapnel shells and a barrage from immense floating batteries.
This is military and social history at its best, a story of soldiers, sailors and civilians, with royalty and rank-and-file, workmen and engineers, priests, prisoners-of-war, spies and surgeons, all caught up in a struggle for a fortress located on little more than two square miles of awe-inspiring rock. GIBRALTAR: THE GREATEST SIEGE IN BRITISH HISTORY is an epic page-turner, rich in dramatic human detail - a tale of courage, endurance, intrigue, desperation, greed and humanity. The everyday experiences of all those involved are brought vividly to life with eyewitness accounts and expert research.
Praise for Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History
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Well-researched and briskly written . . . worthy of the most melodramatic Hollywood blockbuster - Sunday Times
Roy Adkins
Roy and Lesley Adkins are husband-and-wife authors of widely acclaimed books on naval history, archaeology and social history, which have been translated into seventeen languages. They include Jack Tar, Trafalgar, Gibraltar, The War for All the Oceans, The Keys of Egypt, The Handbook of British Archaeology, Empires of the Plain, Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece, Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome, Dictionary of Roman Religion, and Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England. They are Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Fellows of the Royal Historical Society and Members of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. They live in Devon.
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